Charlie Pridham wrote:
In article ,
says...
Why when taking a few cuttings are they placed at the side of the clay
pots as opposed to the middle of the pot?
Is there such thing as a annual geranium, or all they all perennial?
Thanks
The drainage and air supply are better at the pots edge.
I wonder if this is an old gardening chestnut. If the drainage of a clay
pot is better at the edge, I would expect it to dry out more readily there
too. Conversely, a plastic pot is less likely to dry out at the edge than
anywhere else in the pot, thus preserving any water in the cutting medium
for a longer time. I'm not sure if the OP is referring to geranium or any
cuttings. Geranium cuttings are pretty drought resistant, and would
theoretically do better in a drier cuttings medium. On the other hand,
drought sensitive plants such as fuschias might not like this "dry"
treatment.
It shouldn't be too difficult to set up an experiment to check this, using
geranium and fuschia cuttings in the same clay or plastic pots to see which
pot material is better (if there is any difference, that is).
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Jeff